Table 3 Results of the GEE analyzing for the effect of catastrophic health expenditure on EQ-VAS by number of chronic disease
From: The relationship between catastrophic health expenditure and health-related quality of life
Variables | EQ-VAS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
β | S.E | p-value | ||
Number of chronic disease | Catastrophic expenditure | |||
0 | No | Ref. | ||
Yes | 0.53 | 1.35 | 0.696 | |
Number of chronic disease | Catastrophic expenditure | |||
1 | No | Ref. | ||
Yes | −0.54 | 1.50 | 0.719 | |
Number of chronic disease | Catastrophic expenditure | |||
2 | No | Ref. | ||
Yes | −2.17 | 1.23 | 0.077 | |
Number of chronic disease | Catastrophic expenditure | |||
3+ | No | Ref. | ||
Yes | −1.85 | 0.75 | 0.014 | |